Betsy - sounds like a typical user - focus on the important thing - get that book out of WordPerfect! it is long past time to migrate to a currently available/supported piece of software - try making it work in LibreOffice* or one of the specialized academic editors designed to handle citations and footnotes, while you still have a version that hasn't been corrupted. And nobody in their 80's 'likes' change - that has nothing to do with computers. you won't either.... ;)
Chromebook +1 the more Google does, the simpler your life will be. btw - you have identified a new and growing business opportunity, IT care for the elderly. I don't think it is covered by healthcare and unfortunately, I know of nobody in the country that does it. sorry Betsy, you are the designated hitter - final suggestions: she could try the local Linux User Group or ask for a student's help - try The Haverford School out on the mainline. oh, and get skype - great for chatting.. Good Luck - Ed *because free software has a tradition of importing anything and everything and proprietary software doesn't. On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Betsy Schwartz <[email protected]> wrote: > PS I think Mom would *like* a Mac, but finding one and getting it onto the > internet, installing new software, migrating her data , and teaching her > the new OS is: also a big job. Mom's an independent adult and if she wants > to work with someone to do that, more power to her. I'm too far away. > Caveat that switching software confuses the heck out of her and trying to > switch OS, mail program, browser, and editor all at once would be painful > and require a lot of followup phone support. And it would completely cut > her off from support from me. I've sometimes managed to pull her out of a > jam by opening exactly the same program she's using and reading the menus > step by step. When I can't do that, like for Word Perfect which I don't > own, or when my Windows 7 Pro doesn't match her Windows 7 Home, our phone > support sessions end up completely dead in the water. I don't have a Mac > (or want one) > > (did I mention that Mom is editing an 800-page book using Word Perfect? > Her fourth? With massive footnotes? Switching word processors alone is not > a trivial task) > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > >
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